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An MoU for process terms is an agreement outside member agreements that
implies rights and obligations, whatever it might be called.
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chaals committed Aug 29, 2017
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<p>All liaisons <em class="rfc2119">must</em> be coordinated by the Team due to requirements for public communication;
patent, copyright, and other IPR policies; confidentiality agreements; and mutual membership agreements.</p>

<p>The W3C Director <em class="rfc2119">may</em> negotiate and sign a <dfn id="mou">Memorandum of Understanding
(<abbr>MoU</abbr>)</dfn> with another organization. Before signing the MoU, the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> inform
<p>The W3C Director <em class="rfc2119">may</em> negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding
with another organization. For the purposes of the W3C Process a
<dfn id="mou">Memorandum of Understanding (<abbr>MoU</abbr>)</dfn> is a formal agreement
or similar contractual framework between W3C and another party or parties,
other than agreements between the hosts or between hosts and W3C members for the purposes of membership,
that specifies rights and obligations of each party toward the others.
These rights and obligations <em class="rfc2119">may</em> include joint deliverables,
an agreed share of technical responsibilities with due coordination, and/or considerations for
confidentiality and specific IPR. The agreement may be called something other than a
"Memorandum of Understanding", and something called a "Memorandum of Understanding" may not be an
MoU for the purposes of the Process.</p>

<p>Before signing the MoU, the Team <em class="rfc2119">must</em> inform
the Advisory Committee of the intent to sign and make the MoU available for Advisory Committee review; Advisory Committee
representatives <em class="rfc2119">may</em> initiate an <a href="#ACAppeal">Advisory Committee Appeal</a> of the decision
to sign the MoU. Once approved, a Memorandum of Understanding <em class="rfc2119">should</em> be made public.</p>
to sign the MoU. Unless an appeal overturns the proposal to sign an MoU, the Director may sign the MoU on behalf of W3C.
A signed Memorandum of Understanding <em class="rfc2119">should</em> be made public.</p>

<p>Information about <a href="https://www.w3.org/2001/11/StdLiaison">W3C liaisons with other organizations</a> and the
guidelines W3C follows when creating a liaison [<a href="#ref-liaison-list">PUB28</a>] is available on the Web.</p>
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participation criteria.</dd>
<dt><a href="#revised-cr">Section 6.4.1</a></dt>
<dd>All changes to Candidate Recommendations need approval.</dd>
<dt><a href="#Liaisons">Section 9</a></dt>
<dd>Definition of MoU and conditions for approval.</dd>
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